Bevel.



PATBNTED JULY 14, 19GB.

YBEVEI.. APPLICATION FILED BO. 13. 1907;

UNITED lSTAIIES PATENT orare CHRISTIAN BODMER, OF BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO STANLEY RULE & LEVEL COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION'OF CONNECTICUT.

BEVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed December 13, 1907. Serial No. 406,330.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN BODMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, Hartford county, Connecticut, have bevel may be set at any desired angle relatively to the handle, and there `secured in a very simple manner. v

`In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the bevel in one of its operative positions; Fig.- 2 is a longitudinalsection on vthe center line of the handle, shown in Fig. y1.

1 is the handle.

2 is the blade.

pivot screw 3 passes. The hand e 1 is rovided with a narrow slot to receive the b ade edgewise. In the handle at one side of the slot is what I term a blade-locking screw 4, having a thumb-piece 5 exposed at the rear end ofthe handle. This screw4 is threaded in the handle at any suitable point in its length and is provided with a tapered end arranged to take against a blade-locking washer 6, which is so arranged that when the yscrew 4 is turned it will, throughifhe medium of said washer, cause the blade 2 to be clampedlsecurely at any one of its many an gles relatively to the handle.

In the particular form shown in the drawings the washer is rotatably mounted upon the screw 3 and is beveled on one side. The recess 7 in which the locking Washer 6 is arranged is provided with a shoulder 8 o n the side opposite the screw 4 to al'lnw the'washer to seat to the proper depth and to act as a fulcrum to support the washe" when it t1lts.

l` he screw 4 is preferably provided with a 'i tapered extremity adapted to engage the tapered Wall of the washer. The blade-lockinvented certain new and useful In`1prove-l The object of the invention is to provide effective means whereby the blade of theA The blade is provided with the usual opening or slot throu h whicha.

ing screw 4, when advanced, presses against the said tapered wall of the washer 6 thus forcing the same outwardly relatively to the side of the handle, the opposite side of washer 6 'engaging' the shoulder .8. Thus, through the medium of the pivot screw 3, which is secured'to the opposite side of the handle, the two sides of the handle slot are drawntogethei` to tightly embrace and hold the blade 2.

In practice it requires a very sli ht movement of the screwfl to accomplish t clocking and unlockingrof the blade.- ince no rotar tion of the pivot screw 3 is required to secure this locking of the blade, there is no danger of disturbing the position .of the blade after ithas been once'adjusted. In Fig. ZI have shown ,the edges of the head rounded to accommodate themovement of washer 6.

While both the arts 3v and 6, as shown, have cooperating evels or fnclines, obviously only one 'of said parts need be beveled, in fact, t e invention 1n its broadest aspect comprehends a variety of modification in the particular method of securing the clamping action.

What I claim is: y j A bevel 'comprising a handle-portion having a slot extending longitudinally thereof, a blade adapted to said slot, a slot in the blade, a headed pivot screw carried by the slotted end of the handle and passing-through the s'lotin the blade, a recess in the outer wall of the handlev concentric with said pivotscrew, a washer rotatably mounted on said pivot screw under the head thereof and in the recess around said screw, a blade locking screw passing lon itudinally through the handle, the forwar end of said screw cooperating with the under side of said washer to tilt the same to clamp the blade in any adjusted position.

' CHRISTIAN BODMER. Witnesses:

H. S. WALTER, W. J. WoRAM. 

